diff --git a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/executor.rs b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/executor.rs
index cde991fd02..271fbeda59 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/executor.rs
+++ b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/executor.rs
@@ -14,25 +14,42 @@ use std::task::{Poll, Wake};
 /// [EventQueue]: https://docs.rs/neon/0.7.0-napi.3/neon/event/struct.EventQueue.html
 pub trait EventQueueEx {
     /// Schedules the future to run on the JavaScript main thread until complete.
-    fn send_future(&self, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send);
+    fn send_future(self: Arc<Self>, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send);
+    /// Polls the future synchronously, then schedules it to run on the JavaScript main thread from
+    /// then on.
+    fn start_future(self: Arc<Self>, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send);
 }
 
 impl EventQueueEx for EventQueue {
-    fn send_future(&self, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send) {
-        self.send(move |mut cx| {
+    fn send_future(self: Arc<Self>, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send) {
+        let self_for_task = self.clone();
+        self.send(move |_| {
             let task = Arc::new(FutureTask {
-                queue: cx.queue(),
+                queue: self_for_task,
                 future: Mutex::new(Some(Box::pin(future))),
             });
             task.poll();
             Ok(())
         })
     }
+
+    fn start_future(self: Arc<Self>, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send) {
+        let task = Arc::new(FutureTask {
+            queue: self,
+            future: Mutex::new(Some(Box::pin(future))),
+        });
+        task.poll();
+    }
 }
 
 /// Used to "send" a task from a thread to itself through a multi-threaded interface.
-struct AssertSendSafe<T>(T);
+pub(crate) struct AssertSendSafe<T>(T);
 unsafe impl<T> Send for AssertSendSafe<T> {}
+impl<T> AssertSendSafe<T> {
+    pub unsafe fn wrap(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self(value)
+    }
+}
 
 impl<T: Future> Future for AssertSendSafe<T> {
     type Output = T::Output;
@@ -43,33 +60,6 @@ impl<T: Future> Future for AssertSendSafe<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Adds support for executing closures and futures on the JavaScript main thread's microtask queue.
-pub trait ContextEx<'a>: Context<'a> {
-    /// Schedules `f` to run on the microtask queue.
-    ///
-    /// Equivalent to `cx.queue().send(f)` except that `f` doesn't need to be `Send`.
-    fn run_on_queue(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(TaskContext<'_>) -> NeonResult<()> + 'static) {
-        // Because we're currently in a JavaScript context,
-        // and `f` will run on the event queue associated with the current context,
-        // we can assert that it's safe to Send `f` to the queue.
-        let f = AssertSendSafe(f);
-        self.queue().send(move |cx| f.0(cx));
-    }
-
-    /// Schedules `f` to run on the microtask queue.
-    ///
-    /// Equivalent to `cx.queue().send_future(f)` except that `f` doesn't need to be `Send`.
-    fn run_future_on_queue(&mut self, f: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static) {
-        // Because we're currently in a JavaScript context,
-        // and `f` will run on the event queue associated with the current context,
-        // we can assert that it's safe to Send `f` to the queue.
-        let f = AssertSendSafe(f);
-        self.queue().send_future(f);
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: Context<'a>> ContextEx<'a> for T {}
-
 /// Implements waking for futures scheduled on the JavaScript microtask queue.
 ///
 /// When the task is awoken, it reschedules itself on the task queue to re-poll the top-level Future.
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ struct FutureTask<F>
 where
     F: Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send,
 {
-    queue: EventQueue,
+    queue: Arc<EventQueue>,
     future: Mutex<Option<Pin<Box<F>>>>,
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +78,7 @@ where
     /// Polls the top-level future, while setting `self` up as the waker once more.
     ///
     /// When the future completes, it is replaced by `None` to avoid accidentally polling twice.
-    fn poll(self: Arc<Self>) {
+    fn poll(self: &Arc<Self>) {
         let future = &mut *self.future.lock().expect("Lock can be taken");
         if let Some(active_future) = future {
             match active_future
@@ -107,9 +97,9 @@ where
     F: Future<Output = ()> + 'static + Send,
 {
     fn wake(self: Arc<Self>) {
-        let self_for_closure = self.clone();
-        self.queue.send(move |_cx| {
-            self_for_closure.poll();
+        let queue = self.queue.clone();
+        queue.send(move |_cx| {
+            self.poll();
             Ok(())
         })
     }
diff --git a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/lib.rs b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/lib.rs
index 0fd0428416..61fb02b01e 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #![warn(clippy::unwrap_used)]
 
 mod executor;
-pub use executor::{ContextEx, EventQueueEx};
+pub use executor::EventQueueEx;
 
 mod exception;
 pub use exception::PersistentException;
diff --git a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/promise.rs b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/promise.rs
index 8b863eeb5e..3be5608bcb 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/promise.rs
+++ b/rust/bridge/node/futures/src/promise.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ use futures::FutureExt;
 use neon::prelude::*;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::panic::{catch_unwind, AssertUnwindSafe, UnwindSafe};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::executor::ContextEx;
+use crate::executor::{AssertSendSafe, EventQueueEx};
 use crate::util::describe_panic;
 use crate::*;
 
@@ -79,13 +80,14 @@ where
     let promise = promise_ctor.construct(cx, vec![bound_save_promise_callbacks])?;
 
     let callbacks_object_root = callbacks_object.root(cx);
-    let queue = cx.queue();
+    let queue = Arc::new(cx.queue());
+    let queue_for_future = queue.clone();
 
-    cx.run_future_on_queue(async move {
+    let future = async move {
         let result: std::thread::Result<Result<F, PersistentException>> =
             future.catch_unwind().await;
 
-        queue.send(move |mut cx| -> NeonResult<()> {
+        queue_for_future.send(move |mut cx| -> NeonResult<()> {
             let settled_result: std::thread::Result<Result<Handle<V>, Handle<JsValue>>> =
                 match result {
                     Ok(Ok(settle)) => {
@@ -126,7 +128,12 @@ where
 
             Ok(())
         });
-    });
+    };
+
+    // AssertSendSafe because `queue` is running on the same thread as the current context `cx`,
+    // so in practice we are always on the same thread.
+    let future = unsafe { AssertSendSafe::wrap(future) };
+    queue.start_future(future);
 
     Ok(promise)
 }
diff --git a/rust/bridge/node/futures/tests-node-module/src/lib.rs b/rust/bridge/node/futures/tests-node-module/src/lib.rs
index ae85c749bc..3323e9a3b7 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/node/futures/tests-node-module/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/bridge/node/futures/tests-node-module/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use neon::prelude::*;
 use signal_neon_futures::*;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 mod panics_and_throws;
 use panics_and_throws::*;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ fn increment_async(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsUndefined> {
     // A complicated test that manually calls a callback at its conclusion.
     let promise = cx.argument::<JsObject>(0)?;
     let completion_callback = cx.argument::<JsFunction>(1)?.root(&mut cx);
-    let queue = cx.queue();
+    let queue = Arc::new(cx.queue());
 
     let future = JsFuture::from_promise(&mut cx, promise, |cx, result| match result {
         Ok(value) => Ok(value
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ fn increment_async(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsUndefined> {
         Err(err) => Err(err.to_string(cx).unwrap().value(cx)),
     })?;
 
-    cx.run_future_on_queue(async move {
+    queue.clone().start_future(async move {
         let value_or_error = future.await;
         queue.send(move |mut cx| {
             let new_value = match value_or_error {